for the international peace award two thousand and eighteen for more information. i really felt liberated as a journalist was. getting to the truth of it all. that's what this. president trump costs dealt on the woman who's accused his supreme court nominee of sexual assaults. are watching al-jazeera life from the headquarters and. also ahead the death toll rises to with least one hundred thirty one after a ferry capsized on the tanzanian side of lake victoria many are still missing. i will not overturn the results of the referendum nor will i break up my country

the british prime minister to resign. a day after it's rejected by the e.u. . plus the archaeological treasure in iraq that locals say is being treated more like a rubbish. hello president donald trump saying the woman who is accusing his choice supreme court judge of sexual assault and asking why she didn't go to the f.b.i. thirty six years ago brett kavanaugh denies groping christine blazin ford when they were high school students both their families say they've received death threats she's been called to testify to senators in washington on monday our white house correspondent kelli halakhah joining us live so where do things stand right now will she be testifying. right so we are hearing now the potential

for a wednesday hearing the latest that both brett kavanaugh the president's nominee for the highest court of the united states who has been accused by christine blazin ford of sexual assault back when they were both teenagers they would appear first it would be the accuser ms ford followed by brett kavanaugh with an independent lawyer questioning both but again this is something that is still being worked out initially we had thought the hearing would be on monday there was an attempt to try and negotiate the terms of that hearing whether privately or publicly over a phone call that occurred thursday evening among the senate judiciary committee democrats and republicans they were not able to reach an agreement and that put the monday hearing in doubt now we are hearing because of some of those disagreements still being worked out that potentially there could be a hearing on wednesday but as it stands right now this nomination needs to be voted out of the senate judiciary committee before it can be voted on by the whole senate

and they're nowhere near close to that given the fact that the committee says they want to hear from both sides about this very serious allegation that has been made about an incident that allegedly occurred thirty six years ago women from every phase of judge kavanagh's life those who know him best have stepped forward to say that the allegation being leveled against him is false and we are proud to stand with brant. and for the president himself i mean he did show some people say a little bit of restraint over the past couple of days but now he's come out speaking against ford. right so in the midst of the sound bite that you heard there just a moment ago this is many colleagues who have come out in defense of brett kavanaugh saying they've known him for many many years that what ms bossy ford has

accused him of is inconceivable given the man that they know the president for his part has been very measured throughout the week for fear of alienating some of his female supporters that helped get him into the white house in the presidential campaign of two thousand and sixteen but that confrontational approach or rather that measured approach has kind of transition to a confrontational approach in a series of tweets that have occurred on friday morning the president saying that to his supreme court nominee has an impeccable reputation now a victim of character assassination by radical left wing politicians that are allegedly trying to destroy him delay this nomination there is some politics playing a part in all of this we've got those pivotal congressional elections taking place in november for control of congress the democrats are trying to potentially stall this nomination because they have said this from the start because they feel that this is a conservative appointment to the high court could shape the court for a generation and something in a direction they do not like republicans for their part are saying look we want to

push this through because if democrats take control of congress in november this nomination could be derailed altogether something they are trying to avoid all right to really talk to thank you. the president of tanzania has ordered the arrest of the ferry operator involved in the latest disaster in lake victoria john magaw fully declared four days of mourning for the hundred thirty one passengers who drowned two hundred fifty others are missing after the crowded ferry capsized just a few metres from the shore welcome webb is on the ugandan side of the exact oreo. so we're it gather support in uganda's capital kampala that's on the ugandan side of the lake but it's over on the thames and inside where the boat capsized now more than twenty four hours ago and now that it's dark of course it's almost impossible to see anything in the water and that means the rescue efforts going to be greatly impaired a few dozen people were rescued alive but for many hours the rescue was only the

sounding those who drowned these kind of accident on common in lake victoria that more than a million people that live around the shores of this lake many of them depend on water transport for that survival whether that fisherman which is moving around for trade and business and in the case of the boat that capsized on the sound it was carrying people between two islands people who'd been to market from one island returning home to another a lot of poverty around here so course people are trying to transport them selves cheaply people owning boats trying to make a living too and not flying off to the boats to be filled up well beyond their capacity the boat in question we understand had expressed about one hundred people may have had two or three hundred people on board and a small movement which is one thing going wrong concerns can turn that boat over because this is also an area where many people don't know how to swim so we want people in the water rescues don't get to them quickly tirelessly rates can be very high. at least one palestinian has been killed by israeli fire as hundreds again

gathered on gaza's border with israel the demonstrations have been going on for nearly six months many are demanding their right to return to their homes and land their families were expelled from seventy years ago perry fossett has the latest from the gaza israel border. so we're here just a short distance away from the israeli border and the man you can see at the center of that scrum there is yassin was the hamas leader in gaza the second most senior hamas official in the whole of the organization and that shows you a very interesting thing that there is a real improvement or of hamas which controls the gaza strip on this protest it is by far the most sizable such process we've seen in several weeks of course in approaching six months of these friday protests here at the gaza border in recent weeks that they have dwindled to some extent this is large and that shows you the kind of political pressure that hamas now finds itself under because on two fronts on one it's been engaging in at least in direct negotiations with israel over

a long term cease fire many people here feel that process is either collapsing or is on the very verge of collapse certainly there's been nothing to show for it so far the other front is with the rival palestinian faction in the occupied west bank which controls the palestinian authority all sorts of rumors going around gaza that after an october the first deadline which has been imposed by the p.a. on hamas for some progress on reconciliation some sort of concessions from hamas about some kind of unified government with the p.a. that the p.a. is prepared to impose new financial pressures on the people of gaza so hamas is under pressure that could potentially explain why this protest is bigger than usual and there are still thousands of people prepared to come here despite the risks we spoke to one young man who'd lost one leg in an earlier protest and then in another protest was shot in the other leg the remaining leg and he's back here again today and there are hundreds of others if not thousands prepared to do the same thing.

protesters have been marching in syria's rebel held it led province they're calling on the international community to stop the government from cementing its grip on power people there want the president bashar assad to be removed from office before a new constitution is drafted xenophobe said reports from beirut. they chant against bashar al assad the syrian president to a survived an eighty year rebellion against his rule the opposition has been all but defeated all they have left is their voices. no constitution no reconstruction until a third leaves power that is their demand it's a message syrians in villages and towns across the rebel controlled province of idlib are sending to the international community. we are afraid this new constitution would not be any different and it won't be in the favor of the opposition we are concerned because some countries are now moving closer to the regime. there were fears of a major assault against the province today there is

a sense of relief following a deal between russia and turkey that will at least for the time being prevent bombing and displacement. russia and iran gave priority to ties with turkey over regaining control of it lib turkey had warned a government offensive in the province would be a breaking point in their alliance but it wasn't just that a bloodbath would hurt russia's efforts to convince the international community to pay for syria's reconstruction and support a political process that the judum mises assad's government but the united nations says there is still potential for a lot of fighting in civilian populated areas turkey and russia didn't say how they plan to implement a demilitarized zone free of so-called radical rebels but yan egeland's humanitarian task force was given some details it seems turkey backed rebels could play a role on the ground what i understand is that the so-called war on terror is not

called off in the country that will be in the future air raids against the listed organizations that will also be fighting between on groups and activists and the so-called terrorists the so-called radicals. there is and will be many civilians in these areas. three million syrians living half of them already displaced from cities and towns under state control for them reconciling with a government that has killed so many people is not an option they hope the international community feels the same for now the west has shown resistance to work with. a political transition away from the syrian leader is no longer a priority for the center for the bankrupt still ahead on al-jazeera nigeria's money wives young girls sold into slavery to repay their debts and by

donald trump's latest tweet has failed to stop oil prices from rising. thanks. hello again we're here across we are looking at conditions that are fairly dry across most of the area now we do have some clouds here pushing across the southern portions of the caspian and then out of northeastern turkey we may get a shower too that will head towards back who probably by saturday night into sunday morning as well time just for aleppo maybe thirty three degrees as we go towards the end of the week and then down here towards quaid city how about forty two degrees with baghdad coming down a little bit actually to about forty degrees for you well over here towards arabian peninsula we are looking at conditions fairly dry for most areas but as we go from

saturday to sunday we are going to see more clouds particularly down here across arabian sea so from the scot all the way down to solve the coastal clouds for you and attempt to there of about thirty two degrees but up towards dubai abu dhabi seeing thirty eight device in about the same conditions and then for doha thirty nine degrees and a little bit better in the humanity and then across parts of africa in particular south africa we are seeing one front about to push through a lot of clouds here in the interior for cape town a little bit drier a little bit clearer with the temperature there of eighteen degrees but over towards durban and johannesburg well that is where we expect to see some very heavy rain showers possibly during the day with a tempter durban of about nineteen in johannesburg about twenty four.

hours. hello again the top stories on al-jazeera president donald trump's doubting the woman who's accusing his choice a supreme court judge of sexual assault and asking why she didn't go to the f.b.i. thirty six years ago right cavanaugh denies groping christine ford when they were high school students she's been called to testify to senators in washington on

monday the number of passengers who drowned when a tons of million ferry capsized has now risen to one hundred thirty one two hundred fifty others remain missing after thursday's disaster in lake victoria. at least one palestinian has been killed by israeli fire as hundreds again gather on border with israel the demonstrations have been going on for more than five months and many are demanding their right to return to the homes and land their families were expelled from seventy years ago. the leader of humans houthi rebels has called on his supporters to stand firm against the saudi and i don't see that coalition trying to defeat them thousands of people filled the streets of the yemeni capital sanaa to celebrate the fourth anniversary of the coup with the takeover of the city the u.n. is trying to mediate peace talks to end the fighting between the government and both these the conflict has killed more than ten thousand people and left millions displaced. in an interview with al jazeera the u.n.

secretary general antonio terrorists renewed his calls for all parties to avoid a major escalation in the whole thing with the controlled city of her data. our concern is first of all humanitarian concern when you listen to a battle for there that needs implications for the civilians and it is also a concern about the harbor and the possibility of harvard to suffer if the conflict . you know they the becomes acute so that is why you have been recommitting in the parties to avoid a mess of battle and to do that because obviously in the planning of the calculations that might exist on one side or the other there is this reality that is very worrying which is the dramatic humanitarian situation in. yemen yemen is a very complex situation you have of course the hutus and the government you have. the visions in the south and clearly different perspectives in relation to it from

the you will you from the government side now you have a tribal reality that is complex with alliances that shift you have this presence so it's a very complex situation a country that is why it is so important to come to an agreement between the hutus and the government of the coalition it's a first step it will not solve any problems it's a first step to create the conditions for a united. central government in yemen to be able to deal with all the different contradictions and problems that will still remain or prices have risen in the run up to sunday's opec meeting some investors don't think producers will be able to fully cover the predicted shortfall of iranian oil once u.s. sanctions take hold our head of that opec meeting in algeria the u.s. president donald trump tweeted this we protect the countries of the middle east they would not be safe for very long without us and yet they continue to press for

higher and higher oil prices we will remember the opec when aapl they must get prices down now where opec isn't expected to boost output the price of brant crude . well as close to four year highs trading at just under eighty dollars a barrel that's still well sort of the two thousand and eight peak of one hundred forty seven dollars there's growing pressure on opec to avoid a further rise in prices when more u.s. sanctions on iran are enforced in november minus your attack in is an international oil an energy consultant and a former researcher at opec he says opec countries will be united in their decision i think overall the opec countries will keep their cohesion they have done it in the past in spite of differences that the media exaggerate between iran and saudi arabia for example and i think over all together and as well as non opec members russia who are in unison now i think they would react to this they're not happy and

definitely very upset by the tone of president. trams. commons ordering this this meeting really is not to decide their level this meeting is the joint ministerial monitoring committee and they're going to look at the status of the market supply demand and outlook for the next few months and it is the opec meeting before the meeting cut the conference in early december that will decide the options are to to expand or those with the option to increase production to replace for the iranian the loss of iranian crude yes or no and whether they're when they do that what country should do that over all each member of opec or should they distribute have a different coat these are the details which i think they were trying to avoid and not going into. in the philippines the president's proposed changes to the constitution have provoked more protests opposition groups say rodrigo to tears his

plans for a federal state will lead to dictatorship the march in manila was on the forty sixth anniversary of the declaration of martial law by former president ferdinand marcos many filipinos called him a dictator and activists say there are similarities between then and now. the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov is visiting bosnia and herzegovina and it's republican. that's the serb dominated semi autonomous region where the trip comes just a few weeks ahead of elections there lavrov is emphasizing russian links to bosnia's serve population bosnia has three presidents with equal powers one serb one croats and one bosniak it's designed to diffuse ethnic tensions britain's prime minister says talks are at an impasse and accuses european union leaders of a lack of respect for rejecting her proposals so reason may says she's ready for no deal on departure day in six months after e.u.

leaders meeting in austria said her plan won't work if parker has the latest from london reeling from her bruising a u. summit to resume a delivered a defiant ultimatum to europe the e.u. should be clear i will not over to the result of the referendum nor will i break up my country we need serious engagement on resolving the two big problems in the negotiations and we stand ready. she hoped for warm words from her counterparts at thursday's eve summit in salzburg she was instead met with an unequivocal rejection of her latest breaks it plan ever about the share the view of the positive elements in that checkers propose of death adjusted framework for economy corporation will not work. not least because in truth undermining the single market the putdowns continued on tusks instagram

account a piece of cake wrote task sorry no cherries the job of britain's perceived cherry picking of bricks of proposals that suit the u.k. but no one else the french president emanuel mccrum said he would never accept a deal which damages the e.u.'s integrity and said those promoting the idea that breaks it will be positive for britain are liars to resume a responded saying it was time for the e.u. to show britain some respect throughout this process i have treated the e.u. with nothing but respect the u.k. expects the say a good relationship at the end of this process depends on it teresa mayes breaks it strategy was drawn up at her country retreat checkers in july it opposes a u.k. e.u. free trade area and a common rule book for industrial and agricultural goods to prevent exports and imports from getting stuck at borders but the e.u. and u.k.

can't agree on what will happen here on the border between northern ireland a part of the u.k. the republic of ireland and e.u. member the u.k.'s promise there will be no return to a hard border but it's rejected the e.u. as a backstop plan to keep the region aligned with its trading rules it is something we will never agree to said to resume a it would mean breaking up our country. the frosty with both had to resume a proposal have been playing among the thieves within her own policy to believe the e.u. were pushing for more confessions from the u.k. but if adopted will be leaving me you will be increasingly pointless they want a clean break from brussels with or without to resume. but this latest message to europe may help restore some confidence from bric cities you believe she hasn't been tough enough the prime minister says there's currently no counter proposal on the table this is an impasse with no solution in sight the. westminster

the tiny southern african kingdom of swati may formerly known as swaziland is holding parliamentary elections which critics are calling a farce political parties are banned from taking parts half a million voters must choose from individual candidates for fifty nine seats while the remaining ten will be appointed by king the third himself the king has veto power over legislation. in parts of africa girls as young as five are still being sold to settle their parents debts as part of a tradition known as money marriage as the so-called money wives can face decades of slavery and sexual exploitation as their past from one owner to another. reports in the town of bet of a in nigeria where money marriages are widely practiced. to result is one of nigeria's top towards distin issues but in the shadow of the

mountains some nigerians continue an ancient tradition with child protection workers say condemns young girls to a life of slavery and sexual exploitation. i couldn't richard is a missionary who rescues girls who have been sold off for so called money marriages the money goes to buy outrightly you know and no call can even be trucked to girl the flesh is born and a man will wait it will if it takes forty years in the new in demand days the brothers can still go to get their brothers money wife if there are hundred homes in better of it you would have hardly ten that do not have one or two more name marriage money marriage practice going on there so you have over ninety eight percent of families involved in this kind of marriage the history twenty one young women in the past nine years community leaders say the practice was banned years

ago that it was there but it is stopped that's right in one thousand. and their money a woman talking about it was not done people come out to say i am looking for a way after marriage no in their family you are like in their family when you are in their family maybe someone is sick or one isn't it has a mother in the police or that damn william william william was in one thousand one and it's true also why was that five year old miracle was married for money just a few weeks ago she now lives with some missionaries who say she's pulled many marriages happen she was bored to please her teenage sister who died was herself a policeman wife couldn't have a baby with her own. rosita he was rescued nine years ago i was about ten years old when i think you mean. my father day when i was seven years and

when i was saying you think him to me. rose has received psychological counseling and taught some skills she says she's found confidence has a new boyfriend and the baby. but says our past stands in the way of true happiness . the boy parent yet then they put it on me somebody manulife. i mean the baby did not be the. victim say the practice of selling girls into slavery and forced marriages still continues in some communities around here and encouraged by the elders only a few of them get rescued and organizations working to support the victims say they've been threatened on many occasions and want to stop their work that when i couldn't reach it's missionary work for the grace chapel of nigeria i set him on collision course with people here i don't have any security walking around me but i

can't even go to access my bank anymore because i've been promised that any time on scene on the ranch i would regret ever commented that i rely on many here say money marriage could take a long time to write again before that happens countless numbers of young girls face a life upon which poverty illiteracy and slavery i would decrease al-jazeera betcha. well some of the most significant archaeological discoveries in iraq have been made and. you know asco says the city should be protected as a world heritage sites but iraq is living there say some landmarks are being left to crumble rob matheson reports from baghdad. for twelve centuries the spiral minaret of the great mosque has survived storms and wars but perhaps its greatest danger is from neglect and. this is the first time we've seen the spiral minaret since two thousand and three i'm shocked there's been no attempt to restore there

are no rubbish baskets no proper benches for visitors if this landmark was in any other country it would be a piece of art. in two thousand and seven they already badly damaged city of samarra was protected as a world heritage site by the us. it was hoped that it would encourage more visitors and business but more than a decade later little has been done and it. certainly different permits and any other place in the middle east. history and archaeology but it doesn't get a proper attention. so marlise on both sides of the river tigris north of baghdad it marks the site of a powerful islamic capital the ruled over the i pass it empire which stretched from tunis here to central asia for a century it's estimated eighty percent of it still lies undiscovered but the spiral marriott has gone through dark times even the nearby park that was built not

long ago is also neglected the authorities should be investing in such a historical landmark so that archaeological tourism can florida in summer a city. iraq's in the process of rebuilding its present day cities after decades of violence but for a country which is said to have a wealth of archaeological treasures the people of somalia say that iraq should be protecting its history to matheson al-jazeera baghdad. hello again the headlines on al-jazeera president donald trump's doubting the woman who's accusing his choice a supreme court judge of sexual assault and asking why she didn't go to the f.b.i. thirty six years ago brett kavanaugh denies groping christine blazin ford when they were high school students both their families say they've received death threats

she's been called to testify to senators in washington next week the number of passengers who drowned when a tanzanian ferry capsized has risen to one hundred thirty one two hundred fifty others remain missing after thursday's disaster in lake victoria at least one palestinian has been killed by israeli fire as hundreds gathered on the gaza on the gaza border with israel the demonstrations have been going on for nearly six months many are demanding their right to return to their homes on land their families were expelled from seventy years ago britain's prime minister says bracks a talks are at an impasse and accuses european union leaders of a lack of respect for rejecting her departure a deal proposals to resume says it's impossible to accept the terms because they break up the united kingdom no one wants a good deal with me but the e.u. should be clear. i will not overturn the result of the referendum nor will i

break up my country we need serious engagement on resolving the two big problems in the negotiations and we stand ready. protesters have been marching in syria's rebel held in the province calling on the international community to stop the assad government from cementing its grip on power some are demanding president assad be removed from office before a new constitution is drafted a russia turkey deal has averted a possible government offensive for now. in the philippines the president's proposed changes to the constitution have provoked more protests opposition groups say rodrigue of the territories plans for a federal state will lead to dictatorship the march in manila was on the forty sixth anniversary of the declaration of martial law by the former president ferdinand marcos and side stories coming up next right here on al-jazeera.

protects the u.s. president's choice for supreme court judge is accused of sexual assault as well as allegations of riots and smear campaigns and elections due. to vote this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program. a high stakes underway in washington over the

u.s. president's choice for supreme court judge bret's come on those accused of sexual assault by a woman who says she spoke pat's just testified to congress and with force from washington.